The Owl Project

A rare Unicorn Owl is spotted near Possum Lodge, threatening a taxidermy shootout and any more hunting or fishing.

Cast (in order of appearance):, , , , , , , , ,

Segments: Red's Campfire Songs, Meet Your Member, Handyman Corner, Red's Advice To Teenagers, Harold's Announcements, Red's Visits with Possum Lodge Members, Male Call, Adventures With Bill, Red's Poetry

DVD: Red Green Stuffed and Mounted, Vol. 2; Red Green – The Toddlin' Years

DVD Commentary by Steve Smith
STEVE SMITH: This show is from our fourth season. Uh, that year, we titled every show, "The Something Project". This one's called "The Owl Project". Don't really remember why we did that. I do remember, though, that every one started with me standing on a dock. And we shot these up in La Scoca, which is a cottage area north of Toronto. We shot them about 5:30 or six in the morning, so that's actually the sun coming up there, and, um... But the thing that struck me from this episode was the duck bl– the handyman duck blind thing. Uh, we actually used to shoot most of the "Handymans", if not all the "Handymans", in the studio, and when we wanted to do something with a car, we would bring the car in there. And it was just such a hassle, because not only does the car leak gas and oil, and it's dangerous, and everybody's insurance is void, but we were shooting in Hamilton, Ontario, and getting a car in was difficult, because you had to, y'know, go around corners and, I think, upstairs. No, no, no, just we did have to go around corners with that. And then, after we had done maybe five or six times, somebody suggested, "Why don't you shoot the car stuff outdoors?" It was probably a woman.

Intro
{Red stands fishing on a pier early in the morning.}

RED GREEN: One thing about guns that I find confusing is that most people, well, okay, mainly men, having a fascination with shooting. {the title "The Owl Project" is displayed} Guys who'd never kill anything, never even hurt anything, love the thrill of shooting at a target. Maybe when you spend your days working at a job where you don't seem to see any results from what you're doing and you start thinking that maybe the world would be exactly the same if you weren't here. I'll tell ya, that feeling goes away when you can stand fifty feet back with a gun in your hand and blow the hinges off your garage door. Or even better, your neighbor's garage door. There's instant gratification. It's not smart or correct, but it's one of the things that makes us what we are.

Red's Campfire Song
{Red plays guitar and Harold accompanies him by banging two empty beer cans together.}

RED GREEN:


 * Ohhhhh...
 * I wish I'd been born a racehorse,
 * Because, I'll tell you, that sounds like a pretty good goal,
 * With a trainer and a ninety-pound jockey
 * Who would ride me for a minute or so.
 * Will I win the daily double,
 * The trifecta and the exacter?
 * 'Cause I know what a stud farm is,
 * And motivation would be a significant factor.

Harold's Announcements
''{Harold is seated on a windowsill in the lodge. He looks at a clipboard.}''

HAROLD GREEN: {reading} "For sale: set of bagpipes. No longer plays music, but makes a great wineskin for six people at once".

Red's Poetry
''{The surrounding area is covered in snow. Red sits on a stump, wearing a heavy parka. He opens a book and reads from it.}''

RED GREEN: "Figure Skating" by me:


 * We're skating on the pond
 * And Moose Thompson does a triple axel,
 * Followed by a quadruple Lutz
 * And a triple toe loop.
 * That's what happens when you're on a breakaway
 * And you catch your toe on a frozen weasel.

Trivia

 * This episode marks the first appearance of Mike Hamar.